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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
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Josef Albers (1888-1976)

Study for Homage to the Square: Duet in 3 Colors

Closed17 October 2015

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GBP 122,500

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Josef Albers (1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square: Duet in 3 Colors
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'A71' (lower right); titled 'Study for Homage to the Square Duet in 3 Colors' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
30 x 30in. (76.2 x 76.2cm.)
Executed in 1971

Estate of Josef Albers.
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut.
Galerie Denise René, Paris.
Galerie de France, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1980s.

Specialist note

‘We are able to hear a single tone. But we almost never (that is without special devises) see a single color unconnected and unrelated to other colors. Colors present themselves in continuous flux, constantly related to changing neighbors and changing conditions.’
(J. Albers, Interaction of Color, New Haven 1971, p. 5)